Project Overview
The patented Queue Wait Time Estimation System
(Patent No. 10,282,763 and 10,417,670) was built to solve a problem we face every day, wait times, with a tool we carry everywhere, our smartphones. The Queue Wait Time Estimation System uses a combination of smartphone sensors and proprietary movement detection algorithms to calculate estimated wait times.
The iOS app
No More Waiting in Line is powered using the Queue Wait Time Estimation System. The app can be downloaded here:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/no-more-waiting-in-line/id1276926505My Contributions
My role in the development of the patented Queue Wait Time Estimation System was in legal and in software development. In terms of development, I was involved with both backend and frontend development. I incepted, architected, and coded the wait time detection, averaging, and predicting algorithms. Additionally, I assisted my legal representation with documenting software architecture for the patenting process.
Research and development began in Summer 2014, original provisional patent was filed in Summer 2016, and official patent was published Spring 2019. As of summer 2020, there are continuation applications active in the area of using the patent portfolio for measuring the effectiveness of shelter-at-home orders, social distancing, and contact tracing.
